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A Review of Berkes' Perspectives on Ecology

very essence of what it means to be a human being. These representations illustrate how and why a person acts the way he or she d...

Locke vs. Descartes on Mind and Body

there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

Reality and Knowledge and Descartes and Berkeley

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...

'Without Prejudice' Correspondence Admissibility

1995, p. 20). In the case of Rush & Tompkins v. Greater London Council, "One issue in this appeal concerns the production t...

World Knowledge and the Mind

Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...

Personal Truths and Beliefs

People play devils advocate all the time, negating valid premises. This is how high priced attorneys win impossible cases and it i...

Knowledge Analysis by David Hume

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

Emotional Intelligence and the Acquiring of Knowledge

Moon, 1998, p. 743). Just as individuals have different levels of intellectual ability, so too, do individuals have different leve...

Aviation Inspection, Maintenance, and Human Factors

The manual was incomplete in that, when the locking pins were extended to lock the door, there was no positive check to indicate w...

Controlling New Technologies

genetic products. This is one of many controversies involving genetic research and a subject that is the concern of one scholar in...

Meno and Plato's Arguments

they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...

Knowledge Types

A person from the Midwest who goes to college and comes to Manhattan for example, would not last a day in a dangerous neighborhood...

Epistemology and Descartes

might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...

Comparing Platonism and Atomism

concerning change in the world. Although the methods of reasoning they used were not those of the modern scientific method, it is ...

God, Nature, and Human Knowledge and the Philosophies of John Locke and Rene Descartes

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

Singapore's Knowledge Based Economy

as well as responding to national and international competitive forces. Knowledge can now be a source of competitive advantage, an...

Aesthetic Judgment as Interpreted by Immanuel Kant

to what is art often comes up. Can the medium, or materials used-be it urine or elephant dung which modern artists have been known...

Urban Children and Asthma Care Barriers

In five pages an article is summarized and discussed in terms of knowledge contained within within the perspective of personal nur...

A Priori Knowledge from a Foundationalist Perspective

it applies to the view of a priori knowledge and also consider the writings of philosophers like Kant and Descartes as they serve ...

Knowledge of Humanity, Empiricism vs. Rationalism

is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...

Knowledge, Domination, and Black Feminism

The impact of increasing knowledge on black women resisting domination are considered in this examination of evolving black femini...

Principles of Management

did think that workman demonstrated excellent work habits only spasmodically, which was why rules were needed (Boylan, 1995). The...

Contraceptive Selection

and testes, the male reproductive system also includes the prostate gland, the scrotum and the urethra (Medical and Health: Reprod...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management According to Drucker

In six pages the enhancement of organizational learning through knowledge management is examined through Drucker's perspectives. ...

3 Questions on Management

In 5 pages this paper answers management questions upon the customer service superiority of flatter organizations, employee motiva...

Advent of WebTV

This paper considers how little in the way of computer knowledge is needed to use WebTV in eight pages. Seven sources are cited i...

Narrative Therapy and the 'Allegory of the Cave' of Plato

Client self knowledge and the connection between the use of narrative therapy and the 'Allegory of the Cave' by Plato are examined...

Planning; Monetary, Human Resources and Knowledge

define the term. There are many different interpretations of these terms, one of the best to use a definition from a management ac...

Women and Self Defense

common sense knowledge, which indicates women are brought up differently than men. They are taught to be more docile than men, to ...